I doubt Apple would bother with RAW files at any level for their iPhones. What they could do is provide improvements on the jpeg scene. Makers like Fuji who have their X series cameras do amazing in-camera jpegs. There are other camera makers as well that please the vast majority of their customers with just jpeg. I consider iPhone and similar to snapshot cameras and for real photography (just in my own life) I use my camera.

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